I was so excited to participate in a forum to discuss how city government can recognize and support Asheville’s creative community! This YouTube playlist has most of my remarks (a video recording glitch ate my opening statement).
You can find the whole one hour and 40 minute recording HERE.
This morning I attended the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) Board Meeting. I wanted the Board members to be aware that Asheville residents and service workers are paying attention to their response to the need for affordable parking and improved public transportation.
The meeting was temporarily disrupted when the TDA’s internet went down—hence my remarks about the importance of reliable infrastructure at the very beginning. (I refer to infrastructure throughout because the TDA will often say that by law it can only fund infrastructure. I believe it’s important to broaden our understanding of what counts as infrastructure.)
I was proud to stand with Asheville Food & Beverage United as they seek to improve working conditions—including parking which takes 💰 way too big a bite out of their paycheck.
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What a great way to start the day: standing in support of the nurses of Mission Hospital in their demands for recruitment, retention, and safe staffing ratios from HCA!
As a community we should honor their hard work and respect their deep commitment to patient service and safety. And HCA should reward that commitment with a willingness to hire and retain enough nursing staff to ensure patients’ well-being and nurses’ reasonable capacity in a very demanding job.
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Somehow I never saw when this whole interview was posted three weeks ago. So, here you go, somewhat belatedly.